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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MCKINNEY BOYD H S this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,547
High
DISTRICT 1,284 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985010501
McKinney Boyd High School
600 LK FOREST DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-3400 · Collin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,547 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
160 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
492 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 689 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 639 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 642 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 577 | 23% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from MCKINNEY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +56.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 56 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 52.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 41.0% | 29.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 44.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like McKinney Boyd High School
McKinney Boyd High School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinney Boyd High School this school | 2,547 | 19.3% | 73.8% |
| Rockwall High School ROCKWALL | 2,949 | 19.4% | 80.8% |
| Guyer High School DENTON | 2,577 | 24.4% | 72.3% |
| Grand Oaks High School SPRING | 3,836 | 22.5% | 70.0% |
| Kingwood High School KINGWOOD | 2,877 | 16.9% | 76.3% |
| Timber Creek High School FORT WORTH | 2,970 | 26.8% | 64.9% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where McKinney Boyd High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #167 of 1,385 | #10 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #347 of 1,425 ▼ 55 | #20 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #274 of 1,425 ▼ 49 | #19 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.0pp | #114 of 1,184 | #8 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,547 | #160 of 2,107 | #8 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #891 of 1,344 | #21 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #250 of 1,346 | #30 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #1,455 of 1,522 | #24 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #252 of 557 | #7 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,547
-196 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 2,876
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,547 | 160.3 | 15.9:1 | 19% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 2,550 | 153.1 | 16.6:1 | 21% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 2,651 | 158.7 | 16.7:1 | 21% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 2,743 | 161 | 17.0:1 | 19% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 2,824 | 172.1 | 16.4:1 | 17% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 2,845 | 174 | 16.4:1 | 15% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 2,876 | 183 | 15.7:1 | 17% (475) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinney Boyd High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,824 to 2,547); teachers down 7% (172.1 to 160.3).
About McKinney Boyd High School
McKinney Boyd High School is a large high school in MCKINNEY, Texas. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 2,547 students. Statewide, high schools in Texas average about 796 students each.
MCKINNEY ISD has 33 schools and 23,296 students, and McKinney Boyd High School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at McKinney Boyd High School, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 54% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 160.3 full-time equivalents, or about 15.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 19%. It compares with 30% for public schools in Collin County.
McKinney Boyd High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For McKinney Boyd High School, the prediction is 65.4% and the result is 73.8%.
In the county around the school, Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 338 public schools in Collin County, enrolling about 227,575 students in all.
Gary and Bobbye Jack Minshew Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McKinney Boyd High School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, McKinney Boyd High School is 1st on average proficiency.
McKinney Boyd High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 2,547, a 7% decrease from 2,743 in 2020-21. The ratio was 17.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
The McKinney Boyd High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
- Dowell Middle SchoolMiddle · 995 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
Nearby schools
- Gary and Bobbye Jack Minshew Elementary School0.7 mi · 433
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School0.9 mi · 1,210
- Dowell Middle School1.1 mi · 995
- Imagine International Academy of North Texas1.3 mi · 1,445
- Lizzie Nell Cundiff McClure Elementary School1.4 mi · 661
- Glen Oaks Elementary School1.4 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About McKinney Boyd High SchoolHow large is McKinney Boyd High School?
McKinney Boyd High School enrolls approximately 2,547 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does McKinney Boyd High School serve?
McKinney Boyd High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at McKinney Boyd High School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at McKinney Boyd High School.
How diverse is McKinney Boyd High School?
McKinney Boyd High School reports a student body of 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinney Boyd High School?
McKinney Boyd High School is overseen by MCKINNEY ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.